Past Activities and Habits
Explore the use of "used to" and "would" to describe past events and regular activities. Learn how to form sentences in the simple past and differentiate between these modal verbs. Understand when to use "used to" for general situations and "would" for regular activities in the past. Discover how to create negative and interrogative sentences with these modal verbs.
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Touchstone 3 Unit 4-B USED TO WOULD A class by Mr. Jean Paul Qui onez
Simple past We describe past events: Did you go to Lima last summer? No, I didn t. I had no time to travel. Who was your favorite teacher in primary? Well, let me remember; oh yes, it was Mr. Gomez. What did you do last night? We just stayed home and watched a film, it was a quiet night.
USED TO I used to live in New York when I was in primary school. We didn t use to have a break during university classes. Regular activities or situations no longer done Did your mother use to work when you were a kid? No, she didn t. She started to work just when I finished high school. The sentences formation is equal to the simple past tense for a regular verb
Regular situations My sister didn t use to go out every Saturday night when she was in the university. Negative and interrogative sentences are less common Where did you use to travel on your summer vacations? I didn t use to travel because my parents didn t have enough money, but I used to walk by the seashore every morning.
WOULD A MODAL VERB USED FOR REFERRING TO REGULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST When When I I used wouldn t eat any greasy or sweet food. My grandparents used to visit us every Sunday when they they were were alive alive. . We would play all the morning and then we would watch films all the afternoon. used to to practice practice for the running competition, I when I would study for 3 hours every night during a week before before I I gave gave my my proficiency proficiency test. test.
ONLY FOR ACTIVITIES, NEVER FOR SITUATIONS Pedro would play the guitar every time her mother invited relatives to their house. We would eat much fruit when we went to grandma s house 10 years ago. Jos and Mar a wouldn t finish their homework in primary school, they used to forget about it on purpose. Questions are less common for would
Remember You can use USED TO (for affimative sentences in general) to describe situations or activities in the past that do not happen again or not the same way. My parents used to cook some pork for Christmas when I was a teenager. You can use WOULD (for affimative sentences in general) to describe only regular activities in the past. When I was studying primary school, I d play checkers every other day with my friends.
